I think we can all agree that everyone needs to eat a balanced diet. For a developing child this is especially true. When a child becomes obese they face a myriad of physical and emotional problems. I hope to give you a few pointers so that you can assist your child in losing weight and maintaining it.
Because of the nature of the physical maladies that accompany obesity you need to take action immediately to help your child lose weight. These physical conditions include diabetes, heart ailments, cancer, and asthma. Many of these conditions once they develop are chronic conditions as so will stay with your child throughout the remainder of their life. You can help now to mitigate the effects of obesity on your child's health now and in the future.
The emotional problems are just as acute and damaging. They include taunting, bullying, behavior problems, and depression. Teenagers are very cruel by nature and so a child who has a weight problem can expect to get an inordinate amount of bad attention from their peers. This can further damage a child because it makes it hard or even impossible to develop proper social skills.
There are things you can do to help a child lose and maintain their proper weight.
1. Search the net, magazines, and books and come up with a plan to serve healthy, nutritious meals to your family. Also learn to prepare foods in ways that reduce calories. Grilling is much better than frying when it comes to meat preparation. Once you become an expert you can prepare great tasting meals that are low in caloric intake.
2. Serve reasonable portions. When you cook be sure and only cook enough for the people being served. Do not overcook. Incorporate plenty of vegetables in your meals. Check the calorie amounts for foods and for higher calorie ones serve smaller portions.
3. Do not have high calorie snacks and junk out for your child to eat. If other family members can and like junk food make them buy it and store it out of sight of others.
4. Consider having your child join a weight loss group geared towards teens. This will not only help them lose weight but it will also help them develop their social skills. Remember teens are most heavily influenced by their peer group.
5. Become an expert in diet and nutrition. Encourage your child to also become educated in the proper foods to eat.
6. Always encourage your child to exercise. Their bodies are still developing and so they need to get up and be active. Limit the amount of time they can play videos or watch TV. Try and make it a family activity to exercise daily. Be sure and tell the child that exercise will increase their metabolism and will help increase their endurance and help them lose weight.
Always use positive reinforcement to help your child lose weight. Teenagers are very impressionable and so you can and should assist them in forming a well rounded sense of themselves. Knowing that you care and are willing to actively participate in helping them loose weight will go a long way to easing or eliminating the emotional impact of being obese.
Because of the nature of the physical maladies that accompany obesity you need to take action immediately to help your child lose weight. These physical conditions include diabetes, heart ailments, cancer, and asthma. Many of these conditions once they develop are chronic conditions as so will stay with your child throughout the remainder of their life. You can help now to mitigate the effects of obesity on your child's health now and in the future.
The emotional problems are just as acute and damaging. They include taunting, bullying, behavior problems, and depression. Teenagers are very cruel by nature and so a child who has a weight problem can expect to get an inordinate amount of bad attention from their peers. This can further damage a child because it makes it hard or even impossible to develop proper social skills.
There are things you can do to help a child lose and maintain their proper weight.
1. Search the net, magazines, and books and come up with a plan to serve healthy, nutritious meals to your family. Also learn to prepare foods in ways that reduce calories. Grilling is much better than frying when it comes to meat preparation. Once you become an expert you can prepare great tasting meals that are low in caloric intake.
2. Serve reasonable portions. When you cook be sure and only cook enough for the people being served. Do not overcook. Incorporate plenty of vegetables in your meals. Check the calorie amounts for foods and for higher calorie ones serve smaller portions.
3. Do not have high calorie snacks and junk out for your child to eat. If other family members can and like junk food make them buy it and store it out of sight of others.
4. Consider having your child join a weight loss group geared towards teens. This will not only help them lose weight but it will also help them develop their social skills. Remember teens are most heavily influenced by their peer group.
5. Become an expert in diet and nutrition. Encourage your child to also become educated in the proper foods to eat.
6. Always encourage your child to exercise. Their bodies are still developing and so they need to get up and be active. Limit the amount of time they can play videos or watch TV. Try and make it a family activity to exercise daily. Be sure and tell the child that exercise will increase their metabolism and will help increase their endurance and help them lose weight.
Always use positive reinforcement to help your child lose weight. Teenagers are very impressionable and so you can and should assist them in forming a well rounded sense of themselves. Knowing that you care and are willing to actively participate in helping them loose weight will go a long way to easing or eliminating the emotional impact of being obese.
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Mae Summerville is an author and also owns several websites that sell wedding chair covers and wedding place card holders.
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